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World AIDS Day 2010

Dear IPSFers,

First of all, I want to thank every one of you who worked

with me to make World AIDS Day 2010 a global success. I

hope every one of you is satisfied with how your eventwent. A special thanks goes to all of you who have already

shared their campaigns and ideas with us via activity

reports. It was a great pleasure for me to read over all your

reports and to get new ideas from your campaigns. This is

why we want to highlight some of your activity reports in

this post-campaign newsletter.

If you and your local executive committee were not able to

put together a campaign on the first of December, please

remember that HIV and AIDS are not only an issue on thisday, but throughout the whole year. It is very important to

support the campaign during the whole year.

If you have material of activity reports that you would like

to contribute to the database, please e-mail me at

hivaids@ipsf.org.

Thank you for your great collaboration!

Yours in IPSF

JohannaWalz

IPSFHIVandAIDS

coordinator2010-2

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World AIDS dayin...

2 Indonesia

3 Israel

4 Croatia

5 Serbia

6 Egypt

9 Portugal

10 Malta

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"Break the chain and express yourself"

Organizing association: BEM KMFA UGM

Activity Chairperson: Suven

The Indonesian organization of pharmacy students BEM KMFA UGM organized a two-day event

on the 30th of November and the 1st of December 2010. During those two days they had several

different activities going on to raise awareness among students and to show their solidarity.

Those activities included building a human ribbon - this years global project.

Another activity that was done in

Indonesia was spreading, filling anddisplaying the Lembar Xpresi. Lembar

Xpresi is a sheet which participants

filled with their handprints, aspirations,

and words of support as a form of their

care for AIDS sufferers. The members

of IPSF distributed the Lembar Xpresi

to the participants, and then those filled

papers were hung in strategic locations

at pharmacy UGM so other people

there could read their inspiration.

In addition to those activities, the red ribbons that are the worldwide symbol for AIDS were distributed

as a symbol of support and care for AIDS prevention. These red ribbons were distributed to everyone

in the faculty of pharmacy UGM and they were displayed on their chests. Along with the red ribbons

World AIDS Day 2010 stickers were also distributed to all the participants of the Lembar Xpresi

activity.

Another project that was organized was the Red Ribbon Mosaic that was made out of multicoloured

papers (especially red), glue and markers.

Some classes also had a presentation at UGM. These presentations explained World AIDS Day

and introduced IPSF.

World AIDS Day in Indonesia

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World AIDS Day in Israel"Growing up with HIV, what does that mean for those children?"

Organizing association: ASRN

Activity Chairperson: Lina Heled

The campaign in Israel was a four-day event that

started on the 29th of November with volunteer

training. A speaker from The Committee for the

Struggle Against AIDS talked about HIV and

AIDS in Israel.

The next day people could watch a movie

called Angels in America. If you are

interested, you can find the trailer here:

htttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTDcbJcCGTE

The day after that, official World AIDS Day, people were invited to wear red to

school. There was also a discussion on pediatric HIV held at the school: growing up with HIV,

what does that mean for those children?

Throughout the whole week the volunteers distributed

condoms and information on HIV/AIDS as well as testing

in the city of Beer Sheva. Additionally, anonymous HIV

testing was available.

The last day of the campaign took place on December

14th. Volunteers came to a center for at-risk youths in

Beer Sheva. The theme was sexual education.

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Positive Concert

Organising Association: Croatian Pharmacy and Medical Biochemistry Students Association (CPSA)

Activity Chairperson: Eugen Javor

The aim of their campaign was to raise the awareness about this disease

among students. They also educated about other STDs, including gonorrhea,

chlamydia, hepatitis, HPV, genital herpes and syphilis. They promoted the

Positive Concert, whose aim is to raise funds for fighting HIV and help

affected persons, as well as to promote tolerance and help them to avoid

discrimination.

The materials used in the campaign were informational leaflets, brochures,

posters and booklets, which the students acquired from CAHIV and IPSF.

They also distributed condoms and tickets for the above mentioned concert.The organizers had a stand at the Students Center where they distributed

the materials and reminded their colleagues about World AIDS/HIV Day and

invited them to get more informed about these diseases.

Overall, it was a successful campaign in which they encountered a lot of interest from the students.

A lot of them asked for more condoms but due to the crisis in Croatia the organizers were only able

to get a small number of them. As for feedback it was difficult to

run a questionnaire but they did see that the students were

thoroughly reading the booklets given to them.

World AIDS Day in Croatia

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"Stranger in the night, AIDS in the morning"

Organizing association: NAPSer- Serbia

Activity Chairperson: Nina Bukumirovic

To mark World AIDS Day there was a public event in

the country. The event took place in several locations,

such as the student campus, Medical Faculty hall,

Dormitory C and the clinical center. Stands were set

up with questionnaires and surveys to give to citizens

and medical workers. The students also delivered

ribbons, promotional materials and condoms. Stands

were also set up at the college downtown campus and

clinical center. Pictures were posted and later

broadcast on LCD display as well. The photos coveredthe ways in which HIV can and cannot be transferred.

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Egypt

World AIDS Day

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World Aids Day in Egypt"Leave Your Print!"

Organizing association: Alexandria Scientific Pharmaceutical Students' Association (ASPSA)

Committee: Public Health Committee Assisting Committees: Public Relations and Publication

Committees

The students from Alexandria decided to organize an event incollaboration with ASSA (Alexandria Scientific Students

Association) and Caritas (a huge Egyptian charity NGO) to increase

the publics awareness about AIDS.

The campaign was divided into several stations. Two volunteers

explained to people the different aspects of the disease. The first

station (Know More) explained methods of transmission, that the

virus can be transmitted from one person to another through

syringes, blood transfusion and sexual intercourse. All of this was

explained through interactive games. There was a huge number of

people interested in joining the games and hearing theexplanations. The second station (Promise Tree) encourage the

public to write the word cure on a piece of paper and contribute

their writing to the tree of hope. Its aim was to give HIV positive

people a hope for the cure.

The third station (See the HIV patient) contains a mirror covered

with a piece of cloth hung over it. Different people would stand in from of the mirror and when the

cloth was removed people wouldnt see just their reflection, but would also see the reflection of

many people around them. One of those people could be infected with HIV and that illustrated that

there could be someone who is an HIV carrier and you wouldnt have a clue.

The last station had a big piece of cloth and paint. If the person

agreed with the team that HIV should be eradicated, that carriersshouldnt be shut out of the society and that they would protect

themselves, then they would leave their HANDPRINT!

During the campaign, a press conference was held to explain to

the press why the campaign was organized. The head of Caritas

talked about the importance of media in raising awareness about

HIV. Members of the press decided that there should be more

focus on HIV from the NGOs, governments and the media to

help eradicate HIV.

The campaign was held in the open air. The day was full ofcolors, people dancing and there were several bands that

performed onstage to attract people to our campaign.

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World Aids Day in Portugal"The Street Campaign"

Organising Association: Associao dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmcia da Universidade

de Lisboa (AEFFUL)

Activity Chairperson: Information, Promotion and Education for Health Cabinet (GIPES)

For World AIDS Day the students in Portugal organized a course on the formation of mediators forthe education in health of AIDS, STDs and addiction as well as a street campaign. This year marks

the 15th year for the course. It is one of their biggest activities and definitely their biggest street

campaign.

The organizers started the promotion two weeks in advance when they sent out e-mails to all the e-

groups and put up posters around the University.

Two members of GIPES went to the TV show Curto-Circuito to promote the street campaign as well

as the prevention of HIV/AIDS.

At the Shopping Centre Colombo posters were put up and flyers were distributed.

This activity was very important for the organizing team. As in previous years the team counted on

the collaboration of PhD Professor Odette Ferreira who is very important in assuring a good,

structured program.

The course had openings for 60 students and filled 56 places. All of the participants were at the

street campaign, which took place inside a shopping center where its easier to approach people.

They proved to be prepared to advise people and bring their attention to the matter.

At the end of the activity the organizing team administered a quiz to all of the participants to get

their feedback on the organization, the structure of the program, lecturers and the campaign

preparation; the results were positive.

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"The Red Ribbon"

Organizing association: Malta Pharmaceutical Students Association (MPSA)

Activity Chairperson: Sara Jo Cassar

As part of the yearly observance of World AIDS Day, an

awareness campaign was held to raise awareness and break

down the stigma still surrounding HIV/AIDS. A packet was

compiled comprising of informative material and red ribbons and

was distributed to leading pharmacies in Malta and Gozo.

On the day of the event, a live re-creation of the red ribbon was

created by students who participated in the event by wearing a

red shirt. Additionally, the MPSA Health Campaign also organized

a non-profit party called Play Safe. Tickets to the party were soldfor a donation of three euros, with all proceedings going to the

Caritas Malta service Xefaq, a local non-profit association that is

actively involved in helping people deal with AIDS.

The events organized were highly successful and the public

responded well to the events held during the above-mentioned

days. It is unfortunately a reality that young people, despite

having easily accessible information, are still unaware of the

seriousness accompanying this disease. Therefore, the

educational role at the base of this campaign remains of

paramount importance to increase public health awareness.

The fundraising aspect was a novel feature in the events

organized. None of the collected money was used to offset expenses of running the events- correct

planning and strategic techniques were used to minimize costs at all stages. Members of the

organization strived to lower costs by contributing personally by making the red ribbons used to

collect money. Teaming up with other associations, such as a PR team, ensured adequate

participation rate by the respondents. The inclusion of community pharmacists in the program served

to encourage pharmacists to participate in the dissemination of information to the public in order to

target people outside the university setting. Therefore, we would recommend for future activities

using the strategic contact of community pharmacists with the public to reach a different targetaudience.

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EPSF AIDS Campaign Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoYbIOta0EE

and

Young Pharmacy - Poland

World AIDS Day

Honorable Mention

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